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On the sidelines of the Grand Prix tournament, a memorial tournament in honour of Mikhail Tal was held in Riga. The main tournament was a rapid that was well-stocked both in terms of quantity and quality of the field.
Among the almost 280 players, including many Latvians, was David Navara (who played after being eliminated from the Grand Prix), Alexey Shirov, Nikita Vitiugov and many other grandmasters. At the end of the eleven round Swiss system tournament, Vladimir Fedoseev celebrated sole first place with a stellar 9½/11. Navara took second place.
The playing hall
| k. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 2 |
|
GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2736 | St.Petersburg | 9,5 | 77,0 | 82,0 | 2813 | 30,0 | ||
| 2 | 8 |
|
GM | Navara David | CZE | 2677 | Praha | 9,0 | 73,5 | 78,5 | 2709 | 18,8 | ||
| 3 | 35 |
|
GM | Svane Rasmus | GER | 2550 | Hamburg | 8,5 | 81,0 | 86,0 | 2707 | 61,8 | ||
| 4 | 18 |
|
GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2625 | Chernovci | 8,5 | 75,5 | 81,0 | 2647 | 22,6 | ||
| 5 | 20 |
|
GM | Kovalenko Igor | LAT | 2622 | Rīga | 8,5 | 74,5 | 79,5 | 2683 | 35,8 | ||
| 6 | 13 |
|
GM | Fedorchuk Sergey A. | UKR | 2650 | Vinnitsa | 8,5 | 74,5 | 79,0 | 2663 | 18,0 | ||
| 7 | 9 |
|
GM | Chigaev Maksim | RUS | 2674 | St.Petersburg | 8,5 | 73,0 | 77,5 | 2667 | 12,6 | ||
| 8 | 36 |
|
GM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2548 | Minsk | 8,5 | 70,5 | 75,5 | 2600 | 42,2 | ||
| 9 | 19 |
|
GM | Alekseev Evgeny | RUS | 2622 | St.Petersburg | 8,5 | 69,5 | 74,5 | 2595 | 21,6 | ||
| 10 | 28 |
|
GM | Munoz Miguel | ESP | 2576 | Sant Marti | 8,0 | 79,5 | 84,5 | 2695 | 39,0 | ||
| 11 | 25 |
|
GM | Predke Alexandr | RUS | 2593 | Тольятти | 8,0 | 76,0 | 80,5 | 2648 | 34,2 | ||
| 12 | 21 |
|
GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2614 | Санкт-Петербург | 8,0 | 74,5 | 80,0 | 2585 | 9,6 | ||
| 13 | 3 |
|
GM | Zubov Alexander | UKR | 2731 | Kiev | 8,0 | 72,5 | 78,0 | 2618 | -13,0 | ||
| 14 | 5 |
|
GM | Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2700 | Harkov | 8,0 | 70,5 | 76,5 | 2551 | -18,8 | ||
| 15 | 14 |
|
GM | Postny Evgeny | ISR | 2650 | BCA Augsburg | 8,0 | 67,0 | 72,0 | 2510 | -19,4 | ||
| 16 | 32 |
|
GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2559 | Minsk | 8,0 | 67,0 | 72,0 | 2509 | 9,8 | ||
| 17 | 30 |
|
GM | Meshkovs Nikita | LAT | 2569 | Rīga | 8,0 | 65,5 | 71,0 | 2456 | -5,6 | ||
| 18 | 24 |
|
GM | Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo | U20 | PER | 2598 | 8,0 | 65,5 | 70,5 | 2530 | -0,2 | ||
| 19 | 31 |
|
GM | Yuffa Daniil | RUS | 2568 | Tjumen | 8,0 | 64,5 | 69,5 | 2433 | -15,8 | ||
| 20 | 29 |
|
GM | Agrest Evgenij | S50 | SWE | 2569 | 8,0 | 6 |
...279 Players
Fedoseev also did well in the blitz, but it was Latvia's top player Igor Kovalenko who sliced through the blitz tournament field to finish with 12/13 a full 1½ points ahead of the Russian.
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | 2627 | 12,0 | 111,0 |
| 2 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2684 | 10,5 | 108,5 |
| 3 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2612 | 10,0 | 107,5 |
| 4 | GM | Zubov Alexander | 2750 | 10,0 | 107,0 |
| 5 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2490 | 10,0 | 97,0 |
| 6 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2623 | 10,0 | 95,0 |
| 7 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | 2525 | 9,5 | 112,0 |
| 8 | GM | Grachev Boris | 2590 | 9,5 | 105,0 |
| 9 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2725 | 9,5 | 104,5 |
| 10 | IM | Demidov Mikhail | 2677 | 9,5 | 103,0 |
| 11 | IM | Kazakovskiy Valeriy | 2412 | 9,5 | 98,5 |
| 12 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2613 | 9,5 | 98,0 |
| 13 | GM | Navara David | 2692 | 9,0 | 109,5 |
| 14 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | 2532 | 9,0 | 104,0 |
| 15 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | 2521 | 9,0 | 101,0 |
| 16 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2558 | 9,0 | 100,0 |
| 17 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2644 | 9,0 | 100,0 |
| 18 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2631 | 9,0 | 99,5 |
| 19 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2526 | 9,0 | 97,5 |
| 20 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2496 | 9,0 | 95,0 |
...234 players
European Chess TV provided the live webcasts hosted by WIM Anna Kantane and GM Toms Kantans, sponsored in part by new FIDE partner, Coca-Cola.
Dana Reizniece-Ozola, former Minister of Economy, was closely involved in the event, along with her husband Andris Ozols (below with GM Evgeny Sveshnikov), head of the Latvian Agency for Economic Development
Translation from German: Macauley Peterson
